We report our experience in 4 patients with chronic myeloid leukemia (CML) who had discontinued imatinib as a result of adverse events and had switched to dasatinib. The chronic phase (n 2) and accelerated phase (n 2) CML patients received dasatinib at starting dose of 100 and 140 mg once daily, respectively. Reappearance of hematological toxicity was… (More)

To report a case of iron overload secondary to xerocytosis, a rare disease in a teenager, diagnosed, by T2* magnetic resonance imaging. We report the case of a symptomatic patient with xerocytosis, a ferritin level of 350ng/mL and a significant cardiac iron overload. She was diagnosed by T2* magnetic resonance imaging and received chelation therapy… (More)